black belly

Chapter 253
Huo Zhirou looked at Huo Jiancheng's anxious look, and then said comfortingly to Huo Jiancheng: "It's okay, brother, it's just that we are in trouble."

"Why are you in trouble? Could it be that they recognized our disguise?" Huo Jiancheng asked anxiously.

"It's not them." Huo Zhirou said helplessly: "It's someone else, brother, I can't tell for a while, why don't we wash up and change our clothes first?"

Huo Jiancheng nodded when he heard Huo Zhirou's words, and said, "Okay!"

Huo Zhirou and Yuan Bohan ate briefly first, and the two of them washed and took off the disguise on their faces and then came to the hall. Huo Jiancheng had already changed several cups of tea. Seeing the two of them coming in, he said helplessly: "I almost thought you wouldn't come here."

Huo Zhirou waved his hand and sat beside Huo Jiancheng, "Brother, if we don't come over, you probably won't be able to sleep well tonight, so I'd better tell you about the matter before resting."

Huo Zhirou told about the woman they met on the road who was bewitched by Luo Xing. Of course, she concealed the relationship between this woman and Yuan Bohan, and only said that the woman wanted to use Gu to control them.

When Huo Jiancheng heard Huo Zhirou mentioning this, his expression changed in fright, he stood up, looked Huo Zhirou up and down nervously, and said, "Sister, you haven't been bitten by a Gu insect, have you?"

Huo Zhirou shook his head when he heard Huo Jiancheng's words, "I'm fine, we're fine, brother, don't worry!"

Huo Jiancheng breathed a sigh of relief, but he still asked incomprehensibly, "You're all pretending, how could she recognize you?"

"He is very cunning, as for how to recognize him, we didn't ask about that." Huo Zhirou replied.

Huo Jiancheng was disappointed when he heard Huo Zhirou's answer, but he still said to Huo Zhirou: "Rou'er, you and Bo Han have been recognized, I think so, you should go with us, and we can prevent today's incident If it happens again, there is no one around to protect you.”

Yuan Bohan on the side heard Huo Jiancheng's words, and immediately objected: "No, we'd better go separately! This woman is not from the court, so the people in the court did not recognize us. Don't worry, nothing will happen. Besides, we are not without protection, if we go together, we will mess up the plan, which is not good!"

Huo Jiancheng heard Yuan Bohan's words, and immediately asked worriedly: "Is that woman really not sent by the imperial court?"

"No!" Yuan Bohan said firmly.

Huo Jiancheng frowned when he heard Yuan Bohan's firm denial, and said to Yuan Bohan, "Since she's not, how could she target you?"

Yuan Bohan choked when he heard Huo Jiancheng's rhetorical question.

And Huo Zhirou looked at Yuan Bohan's unresponsive appearance, and glanced at him jokingly, but she didn't want Yuan Bohan to leave any bad impression in her brother's heart, so she immediately rescued him and said: "Brother , because she hated us, she obeyed King Qi’s order and made a fool of Luo Xing, controlling Luo Xing to slander our reputation by committing suicide. He has a grudge, so he intends to kill us."

Huo Jiancheng was startled when he heard Huo Zhirou's words, "Have you sent someone to arrest her? Why haven't I heard from you about this?"

"I caught it, and I ran away later. The reason why I didn't tell you is because I didn't want you to worry too much!" Yuan Bohan said to Huo Jiancheng indifferently.

Huo Jiancheng fell silent when he heard Yuan Bohan's words.

Huo Zhirou was afraid that Huo Jiancheng would be unhappy, so he immediately spoke up for Yuan Bohan: "Brother, don't blame Bohan, I didn't let him tell you about this!"

Huo Jiancheng heard Huo Zhirou's words and said helplessly: "Sister, why do you always help him speak!"

Huo Zhirou rubbed her nose, she was still embarrassed when her brother said that.

Huo Jiancheng sighed helplessly, then shook his head and said, "Okay, stop talking, it's getting late, you were frightened today, go to rest early!" After Huo Jiancheng finished speaking, he left the hall.

Seeing Huo Jiancheng leave, Huo Zhirou breathed a sigh of relief and yawned. Now she is really tired.

Yuan Bohan pulled Huo Zhirou up, "Let's go, I'll take you back to rest."

Huo Zhirou nodded, and after returning to the house, Huo Zhirou suddenly thought of something, glared at Yuan Bohan and said, "Go find a place to sleep by yourself tonight!"

Yuan Bohan raised his eyebrows when he heard Huo Zhirou's words, "Go to sleep, I still have something to do."

Hearing Yuan Bohan's words, Huo Zhirou thought he agreed, nodded, turned and walked to the back room.

Yuan Bohan looked at Huo Zhirou's leaving back, with a smirk on his lips, he turned and left the room.

"Did you send Huo Jiancheng back?" Yuan Bohan asked Yuan Jian beside him after leaving the room.

"Go back to the master, already sent back!" Yuan Jian replied.

Yuan Bohan nodded, now they live in a different place from Huo Jiancheng, and because Huo Jiancheng was worried about Huo Zhirou tonight, he strongly asked to come here to see Huo Zhirou.

Yuan Bohan came to the study in the front yard, where two elders were already waiting inside.

Yuan Bohan motioned to the two elders to sit down, and then said: "These two elders have worked hard these past few days."

Elder Yuan Zhi heard Yuan Bohan's words, shook his head and said: "Master, I don't have any hard work, but the master almost had an accident today, why don't we come to protect you!"

"No, there are many hidden guards around me, but Huo Jiancheng's side is more dangerous. If something happens to him, I can't explain it to Rou'er. Is there anything unusual about entering Xunzhou today?"

Elder Yuan Zhi heard Yuan Bohan's question, and immediately said: "Since we entered the city today, someone has been secretly watching us, I'm afraid they will take action tonight!"

When Yuan Bohan heard Elder Yuan Zhi's words, his eyes turned cold, and a bloodthirsty smile curled up at the corner of his mouth, "If that's the case, then come and kill one!"

As soon as Yuan Bohan finished his words, he only heard a knock on the door, "The master is a slave!"

Yuan Bohan frowned when he heard the voice of a vowel, "Come in!"

Yuan Yin walked in, "Master, just received news from the capital that the emperor is seriously ill, and the imperial doctor is helpless!"

Yuan Bohan frowned, "What's going on? Didn't you say there is still some time?"

"It's the emperor's new favorite concubine, but this concubine gave the emperor some medicine to cheer the emperor up. Unexpectedly, the emperor foamed at the mouth that night, and the concubine Xian locked up the concubine. Now the harem is controlled by the concubine Xian, and now there are scrambles in the court. They are clamoring for the next emperor, and Duke Huai, born to Concubine Xian, is the loudest."

As soon as the words of the vowel sound fell, Yuan Bohan's face became even more uneasy, "How could it be that the concubine Xian controls the harem? Didn't the concubine De take charge of the harem after Concubine Leng was abolished a while ago?"

"Concubine Chen was originally the emperor's favorite concubine, but she was poisoned to death two days ago. The emperor felt that Concubine De was incapable of managing the harem, so he gave the palace affairs to Concubine Xian." said the message.

"Concubine Xian..." Yuan Bohan frowned, and tapped his hands on the table, while the two elders also showed solemn expressions when they heard Yuan Yin's words.

Elder Yuan Zhi said to Yuan Bohan: "To be the head of the family, we have to find a way. If Duke Huai becomes the throne, our plans for these years will be ruined."

Yuan Bohan heard Elder Yuan Zhi's words and nodded, thinking of Concubine Xian, he asked Yuan Yin: "Yuan Yin, Concubine Xian, what do you think?"

Yuan Yin heard Yuan Bohan's question, and immediately said: "Concubine Xian is a commoner woman brought back to the palace by the emperor. It is not easy for her to be one of the four concubines for so many years. My son, before this, Concubine Xian had nothing to do with the world, and so was her son King Huai. King Huai was just like King Qi back then. On the surface, he didn’t want to fight for the throne. She can't be without ambition!"

Yuan Bohan nodded when he heard the words of the vowel, and then said: "If Concubine Xian is a woman from an aristocratic family, I am not worried, but she is a commoner woman, which makes me feel that it is not easy. You can send someone to investigate. Is Concubine Xian really a person with no background?"

When Yuan Yin heard Yuan Bohan's words, he said "yes".

"As for the emperor..." Yuan Bohan rubbed his chin, "He has to save his old life before he dies. We sent our people to save him. Of course, we just renew his life. Let's see What his sons did when he was in a coma, of course, let the Seventh Prince settle down a bit, don't jump out at this time, lest the success fall short!"

"My servant will send the news back to the capital as quickly as possible tomorrow! Master, is there anything else?"

Yuan Bohan waved his hand, "You want to pass this news back!"

"Yes!" Vowel nodded, "Leave quickly."

"Two elders, you go back first, you still need to guard over there! It is estimated that the emperor's serious illness will make them lose their sense of proportion. I don't know if they will continue to sneak attack. Anyway, how many mice can be caught? How many mice!"

The two elders nodded upon hearing Yuan Bohan's order, and then left the study as well.

Yuan Bohan sat quietly when he was the only one in the study. He originally thought that he had a lot of layout in the palace, but he miscalculated unexpectedly!Concubine Xian, is she really as virtuous as her title?
The corner of Yuan Bohan's mouth twitched into a sneer.

That night, as Yuan Bohan expected, the assassins attacked the house where Huo Jiancheng and the others were staying, and the number of assassins was more than double that of the assassins who attacked the inn at night. It seemed that these assassins wanted to kill Yuan Bohan and the others In this city.

People in Yuanmen believed that these assassins knew that they were on guard, but they still slashed desperately, as if they wanted to fight them to the death. During this night assassination, some guards of Yuanmen were injured, but fortunately they did not hurt their lives. .

What Yuan Bohan didn't expect was that he wanted to keep alive, but he didn't expect that the last surviving assassin felt that the mission had failed, so fortunately he committed suicide by taking poison, and when all the assassins died, the prefect of Xunzhou personally sent officers and soldiers to break in and say The Yuanmen murdered people and wanted to put everyone in the Yuanmen into prison.

Yuan Bohan had been waiting for the news in the study. When he heard the news, he laughed angrily, "Okay, very good! The assassination failed, and the method of framing was used instead!"

"Master, the officers, soldiers and subordinates of the prefect of Xunzhou are now confronting each other, and the prefect of Xunzhou wants to see you!" A hidden guard said angrily.

The corner of Yuan Bohan's mouth curled into a sneer, "Go and tell him that you want to see Master Ben and come back tomorrow morning! Otherwise, Master Ben doesn't mind beheading the imperial court official!"

(End of this chapter)